Thank you for the loverly bookmark Deena. You are very thoughtful and generous. Joy and happiness in the New Year to you and yours.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
msbelle - Dec 22, 2005 3:32:23 pm PST #243 of 506
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 4:23:36 pm PST #244 of 506
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was no name on the card, so I don't know who to thank.
It's either Buffista-given, or I'm being stalked. I'm gonna go with the happy answer.
Thank you so much for the flowers. Couldn't have been better timed -- my physical therapist just finished sapping my will to live even more than I thought him capable.
And no, they do not smell, thank you for the attention to detail. The do, however, look, and are pleasing to the eye.
Plus, many buds, so it looks like they'll be pretty for a while.
Again, thank you so much. They're beautiful.
SuziQ - Dec 22, 2005 4:42:27 pm PST #245 of 506
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
A Katie-shaped elf dropped off a package at my house today. When I wasn't home. And my family won't let me open it. No fair.
Deena - Dec 22, 2005 5:41:20 pm PST #246 of 506
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
You're welcome, msbelle. I'm so glad you like it.
sumi - Dec 22, 2005 7:16:17 pm PST #247 of 506
Art Crawl!!!
Merry Christmas everyone! See you guys next week!
Beverly - Dec 22, 2005 7:58:49 pm PST #248 of 506
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
ewww.
No, that's a sheep.
I got an adorable Jess & DH card, too--with a Ralf stamp! I love Ralf. And it's a great picture of Jess and E.
Also cards from SA, AmyLiz, Dani, DX, and a Happy Moosemas card from Katie, despite my protestations that cards would not be forthcoming from me this season. Thanks, and lovely holidays to us all!
brenda m - Dec 22, 2005 8:17:51 pm PST #249 of 506
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Man, now I feel bad. I think I'll send a bunch of cards in the spring to the folks I have addresses for and would otherwise have sent Christmas cards to. In fact, anyone I don't have an addreess for right now, feel free to e me and you'll be in the group. I'm figuring mid-Feb, when the X-mas glow has worn off and people need a pick-me-up.
Beverly - Dec 22, 2005 9:03:53 pm PST #250 of 506
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Brenda, my deal is, I send a handwritten note to anyone who sent us holiday cards...sometime after New Year's. Which have been as late as... oh, Easter? Unexpected, right?
deborah grabien - Dec 22, 2005 10:31:06 pm PST #251 of 506
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Reminds me, to everyone who sent me a card, please to forgive me not doing cards, myself. Thing is, the list got out of hand to the point where, just signing them, I used the small amount of non-MS impacted flesh i've still got, and was pretty much unable to use a keyboard for a few days afterward.
I will, however, be doing leisurely baking and sending. AFTER the holidays.
ita, I think the flowers may have been sent instead of a goat. Guesswork, but it's sound reasoning....
Volans - Dec 23, 2005 2:05:48 am PST #252 of 506
move out and draw fire
w00t!!! I have been Secret Santa-d, and but good!
AmyLiz sent a box full of treasures, each with a sparkly tag: scented candles (one "snow" so I'll have some this year, one "cookies" which is yum), cookie-scented lip balm, wonderful-smelling orange and patchouli body scrub and a loofah mitt (made by Bathery, which made me think Elizabeth Bathory, but that's probably just me).
But wait, there's more! She read my mind somehow - I had just rearranged and cleaned my office, probably the first time it's been cleaned in 20 years, and 4 different people came through and said "That's what this place needed: a woman's touch!" Yeah, I got your woman's touch right here, pal. But I actually did want something a little feminine for my desk space. AmyLiz provided wonderful post-its, large and tiny, with colorful gerber daisies on them...AND a pink CD holder. Which is more mind-reading, as I have a stereo in my office, but no small case to carry CDs in.
Then, just to make it all perfectly sweet, she included a CD of Christmas music in the CD case (good choices too!), and two tiny friends for Mallory - a puppy and a kitty that are just the right size for him.
And the centerpiece was Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" which I have been wanting to read forever!
AmyLiz, you indeed rock like a rocking thing. Thank you so much!